Guillain-Barré syndrome: celebrating a century

ABSTRACT A hundred years ago, Guillain, Barré and Strohl described a syndrome with a predominant motor acute or subacute polyneuritis, albumin-cytologic dissociation in the cerebrospinal fluid, and a benign course. Before them, many other authors, such as Landry, Duménil, Osler, and Grainger Stewart...

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Main Authors: Marcos R. G. de Freitas, Cecília M. Vidal, Marco Orsini
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Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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description ABSTRACT A hundred years ago, Guillain, Barré and Strohl described a syndrome with a predominant motor acute or subacute polyneuritis, albumin-cytologic dissociation in the cerebrospinal fluid, and a benign course. Before them, many other authors, such as Landry, Duménil, Osler, and Grainger Stewart had described similar cases although they had not performed lumbar punctures. In this work, we outline certain features of the beginning of this famous syndrome.
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neuritis
title Guillain-Barré syndrome: celebrating a century
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title_short Guillain-Barré syndrome: celebrating a century
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neuritis
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